FILE - In this Aug. 12, 2013 file photo, Clarence Williams III arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of Lee Daniels The Butler at the Regal Cinemas L.A. Live Stadium. Williams died Friday at his home in Los Angeles after a battle with colon cancer, his manager Allan Mindel said Sunday, June 6, 2021. He was 81. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP, File)
Clarence Williams III, who played the cool undercover cop Linc Hayes on the counterculture series “The Mod Squad” and Prince’s father in “Purple Rain,” has died. He was 81.
Williams died Friday at his home in Los Angeles after a battle with colon cancer, his manager Allan Mindel said Sunday.
Clarence Williams III, who played the cool undercover cop Linc Hayes on the counterculture series “The Mod Squad” and Prince’s father in “Purple Rain,” has died. He was 81.
Clarence Williams III (Matt Sayles/AP)
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Clarence Williams III, who played the cool undercover cop Linc Hayes on the counterculture series The Mod Squad and Prince’s father in Purple Rain, has died.
He was 81.
Williams died on Friday at his home in Los Angeles after a battle with colon cancer, his manager Allan Mindel said on Sunday.
A native of New York, Williams career spanned over five decades in theatre, television and film.